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by philsnow 1166 days ago
> they have effectively acquihired React (Zuck's mistake). no moat?

I honestly don't even know what are you saying, is it that Vercel hiring the React folks makes Vercel untouchable somehow?

I see a complete disconnect between the two things. If anything, the "acquihire" could well lead to those React folks doing a job search because Vercel doesn't have a high switching-away-from cost and keeps dropping the ball PR-wise.
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satvikpendem 1166 days ago
Well, the React team implies that React Server Components were effectively a collaboration between the NextJS team and them, and that only NextJS currently supports RSC out of the major React frameworks.
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re-thc 1166 days ago
There is some merit to it. Maybe not that comment but on Vercel<->React in general.

Even React new docs are promoting NextJs vs something neutral.

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andrewingram 1166 days ago
The vast majority of React’s core team still works for Meta, and I think the sentiment that a small handful of “famous” hires amounts to acqui-hiring the team is frankly a little insulting to the rest of them.
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re-thc 1165 days ago
That's not the sentiment. At least not for me. As I mentioned it's not really where the employees are but the direction and perspective we as "outsiders" get from the team.

E.g. - React Server Components currently only available in NextJs. - The official docs recommend NextJs and Remix. - Create React App is deprecated. Vite is not promoted.

It's already not vendor neutral nor Meta focused. More people ask about NextJs than React nowadays. Perhaps these "famous" hires you mention do more promoting and it's about the perception (that works both ways). Perhaps there's the aspect of choosing the frameworks was the best technical solution but what perception did this bring to the community? People ask if you can use React with NextJs :(

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